Daily Archives: February 2, 2018

A 15-day trial for nationwide e-way bill system that began on January 16 will end today. With this, from tomorrow, new e-way bill system will come into effect. Under the new system, every transporters will have to carry a system-generated bill to move goods from one place to another. These bills can be generated from…

NEW DELHI: The share of Indian Railways in freight movement has been witnessing a drop over a period of time, mainly on account of non-competitive tariff structure, Economic Survey said today. While the passenger fare had remained more or less flat, the freight fare has gone up sharply over the years, it said. “The share…

NEW DELHI: National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) on Monday announced a $3-billion platform in partnership with Dubai-based ports operator DP World to invest in ports, terminals and logistics. This is the first investment by NIIF, a sort of sovereign fund set up by the government. “The platform will invest in opportunities in the ports…